January 24, 2014

HOW THE DARK GETS OUT by Michael Lally

How does the dark get out?Thelonious Monk said It’sAlways night or we wouldn’tNeed light. Saint John of TheCross wrote The Dark NightOf The Soul, which I alwaysUsed to justify my researchInto darkness with the ideaThat the deeper I got into itThe higher I would climb toThe light when I came outOf it, if I came out of it. NowI know how big that if wasAnd how lucky I am to haveFound the light before it wasToo late, the light of love,The unconditional kind thatWe usually only find in kidsAnd dogs and saints. What aQuaint concept the latter is,And yet I bet you’ve knownA few. I have too, and haveAspired to be my own kindOf one. Only what’s done isDone and can’t be taken back.Though it can be taken with,as a reminder of all I have toMake up for. But the easiestWay is just to open that doorAnd walk through it to theLight even when, like MonkSays, it’s always night.

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HOW THE DARK GETS OUT by Michael Lally

How does the dark get out?Thelonious Monk said It’sAlways night or we wouldn’tNeed light. Saint John of TheCross wrote The Dark NightOf The Soul, which I alwaysUsed to justify my researchInto darkness with the ideaThat the deeper I got into itThe higher I would climb toThe light when I came outOf it, if I came out of it. NowI know how big that if wasAnd how lucky I am to haveFound the light before it wasToo late, the light of love,The unconditional kind thatWe usually only find in kidsAnd dogs and saints. What aQuaint concept the latter is,And yet I bet you’ve knownA few. I have too, and haveAspired to be my own kindOf one. Only what’s done isDone and can’t be taken back.Though it can be taken with,as a reminder of all I have toMake up for. But the easiestWay is just to open that doorAnd walk through it to theLight even when, like MonkSays, it’s always night.